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Revenue optimization for a hotel property with different market segments : demand prediction, price selection and capacity allocation
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2017)
We present our work with a hotel company as an example of how machine learning techniques can be used to improve the demand predictions of a hotel property, as well as its pricing and capacity allocation decisions. First, ...
Impact of money market funds on commercial paper markets in United States and South Korea
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2012)
The focus of this study is on Commercial Paper markets which are used by financial and non financial firms to manage working capital and maturity transformation. We explore how the primary investors in CP in the US, the ...
Managing expectations during acquisition of bespoke automation systems
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2016)
A new facility seeks to manufacture inlets for the turbine of the new NDA aircraft. The inlet is a new design and has never been built before. To complicate matters the manufacturer, Aeron 2 Company, has not traditionally ...
Delivering telecommunications services in local markets : a case study outlining implementation challenges
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2010)
In numerous industries, the competitive landscape significantly evolved in the last few decades. From local organizations serving local customers with a portfolio of products and services adapted and dedicated to the ...
A study of the DRAM industry
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2010)
Samsung Electronics as a DRAM provider has kept its leadership in the DRAM market with leading technology and production capacity since the 1990s even though there were unpredictable market fluctuations and dramatic changes ...
Radical innovation of user experience : how high tech companies create new categories of products
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2010)
In the last 15 years, several high tech companies successfully developed revolutionary products that were not based on completely new base technology. Instead, the companies used existing technologies to create products ...
Lessons for China from a comparison of logistics in the U.S. and China
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2010)
Logistics efficiency is low in China. In 2008, total logistics costs accounted for 18.1% of gross domestic product (GDP) in China, which was almost twice that of the United States. Increasing logistics efficiency can save ...
Evaluation of postponement in the Drug Product supply chain
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2015)
This thesis evaluates the use of postponement in the Drug Product (DP) supply chain at Amgen, which is characterized by highly variable production lead times. The motivation for the use of postponement in the DP supply ...
Augmenting drug process development capacity through applications of lean principles and high throughput technology
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2018)
The long development lead time and high R&D costs for biologics drugs makes it imperative to eliminate delays and inefficiencies. Limited process development capacity can lead to delays in the availability of life-saving ...
Evaluation of the cost impact of ocean freight for outbound logistics from a supply chain perspective
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2013)
The explosion of the mobile phone industry in 1990s and 2000s has introduced more than a billion mobile phones to consumers in the emerging markets of the world. The mobile phone manufacturing industry's increased competition ...